Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
Wenn du im Recht bist, kannst du dir leisten, die Ruhe zu bewahren, und wenn du im Unrecht bist, kannst du dir nicht leisten, sie zu verlieren.
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
Die Religionen sind verschiedene Wege, die im gleichen Punkt münden. Was macht es, daß wir verschiedene Wege gehen, wenn wir nur das gleiche Ziel erreichen?
I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
Es gibt Wichtigeres im Leben, als beständig dessen Geschwindigkeit zu erhöhen.
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
Stärke entspringt nicht physischer Kraft, sondern einem unbeugsamen Willen.
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
Liebe ist die stärkste Macht der Welt, und doch ist sie die demütigste, die man sich vorstellen kann.
Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
Zahlenmäßige Stärke ist der höchste Trumpf der Ängstlichen. Die Tapferen im Geiste rühmen sich, allein zu kämpfen.
Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
Reich wird man erst durch Dinge, die man nicht begehrt.
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
Mißtrauen ist ein Zeichen von Schwäche.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Meine Ehrfurcht vor der Wahrheit hat mich in die Politik geführt; und ich kann ohne Zögern und doch in aller Demut sagen, daß ein Mensch, der behauptet, Religion habe nichts mit Politik zu tun, nicht weiß, was Religion bedeutet.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
Der Ozean kennt keine völlige Ruhe - das gilt auch für den Ozean des Lebens.
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
Ich strebe nicht danach, an meinen bisherigen Erklärungen zu einer bestimmten Frage unbedingt festzuhalten, sondern ich will an der Wahrheit festhalten, wie sie sich mir in einem bestimmten Augenblick darstellt.
Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
Freiheit lohnt sich nicht, wenn sie nicht die Freiheit zu irren einschließt.
The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
Der Schwache kann nicht verzeihen. Verzeihen ist eine Eigenschaft des Starken.
Those who know how to think need no teachers.
Fast alles, was Du tust, ist letzten Endes unwichtig... Aber es ist wichtig, dass Du es tust.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
Sei Du selbst die Veränderung, die Du Dir wünschst für diese Welt.
God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
Der Mensch ist dort zuhause wo sein Herz ist, nicht dort, wo sein Körper ist.
We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.
Zuerst ignorieren sie dich, dann lachen sie über dich, dann bekämpfen sie dich und dann gewinnst du.
I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
Alle unsere Streitereien entstehen daraus, dass einer dem anderen seine Meinung aufzwingen will.
I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.
Im wilden Tier liegt der Geist in tiefem Schlaf, es kennt kein anderes Gesetz, als das der rohen Kraft. Die Menschenwürde fordert Gehorsam gegenüber einem höheren Gesetz - dem der Geisteskraft.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
Auge um Auge - und die ganze Welt wird blind sein.
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
Die Welt hat genug für jedermanns Bedürfnisse, aber nicht für jedermanns Gier.
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
Beten ist nicht bitten. Es ist ein Sehnen der Seele.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Da wußte ich auch noch nicht, was ich heute weiß.
Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
Das einzige, was mich immer davon abgehalten hat, Christ zu werden, waren die Christen.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Es gibt keinen Weg zum Frieden, denn Frieden ist der Weg.
Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.
Das Gebet ist der Schlüssel für den Morgen und der Türriegel für den Abend.
Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
Es gibt Wichtigeres im Leben, als beständig dessen Geschwindigkeit zu erhöhen.
I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.
To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.
Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.
Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.
Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.
Where love is, there God is also.
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.
Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.
Each one prays to God according to his own light.
A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.
Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.
Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.
Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him.
Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.
Morality is contraband in war.
Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.
Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.
I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.
Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.
If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
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